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CVE-2014-6496

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle MySQL Server 5.5.39 and earlier, and 5.6.20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to CLIENT:SSL:yaSSL, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-6494.

Affected products

• Juniper Networks Junos Space: through 15.1
• MariaDB: from 5.5.0 before 5.5.40; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.15 — fixed in 10.0.15, 5.5.40
• MySQL Server: from 5.5.0 through 5.5.39; from 5.6.0 through 5.6.20
• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 12
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension: 12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MariaDB 10.0.15, 5.5.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61579
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62073
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-02.xml
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70469
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10698
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00016.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61579
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62073

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